Produce Associate — Fresh Food & Customer Service

Whole Foods Market; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 23,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Whole Benefits

Store discount

Paid time off

Health & wellness support

Job summary

Whole Foods Market, Inc. is seeking a Team Member to support the Produce department by stocking, displays, and customer service. You will help break down deliveries, maintain shelves, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards.

The role requires professionalism, reliability, and the ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends, in Irving, TX. Training and career growth opportunities are available, along with Whole Benefits for eligible Team Members.

Qualifications

• Ability to sell proactively.
• Ability to learn basic knowledge of all products carried in department.
• Ability to learn and understand growing processes that differentiate conventional from organic produce.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong to excellent communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team.
• Ability to deliver information in a clear and respectable manner to fellow Team Members, customers, and vendors.
• Ability to meet customer service expectations and standards in all interactions with customers, vendors, and Team Members.
• Ability to follow directions and procedures; effective time management and organization skills.
• Passion for natural foods and the mission of Whole Foods Market.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency.
• Understanding of and compliance with WFM quality goals.

Responsibilities

• Keeps cases and shelves clean and well stocked, front-facing, checking codes, rotating, and removing out-of-date products to ensure fresh displays.
• Assists Team Leader in organizing and displaying volume and seasonal items.
• Monitors spoilage and communicates waste to buyers, Team Leaders, and shift supervisor.
• Completes spoilage, sampling, temperature, and sweep worksheets as required.
• Assists with periodic inventory checks.
• Arrives on time, groomed, dressed, and ready to work; attends required trainings and meetings.
• Provides excellent customer service, addresses customer needs promptly, and models suggestive selling techniques; answers phones courteously.
• Maximizes sales through proper prep, storing, rotating, stocking, and merchandising of products.
• Follows procedures including Weights and Measures, health and sanitation, and safe work practices.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary working/shopping environment; ensures equipment safety.
• Performs opening, mid, and closing duties; ensures pricing accuracy.
• Reports safety hazards and violations immediately.
• Performs other duties as assigned by leadership.

Skills

Sell proactively

Product knowledge

Growing processes

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Clear communication

Customer service

Time management

Natural foods passion

Work ethic

WFM quality goals

Job description

Whole Foods Market, Inc. is seeking a Team Member to support the Produce department by stocking, displays, and customer service. You will help break down deliveries, maintain shelves, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards.

The role requires professionalism, reliability, and the ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends, in Irving, TX. Training and career growth opportunities are available, along with Whole Benefits for eligible Team Members.